Face of Nation : India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the video showing a series of underwater explosions which leads to a huge plume of thick ash, is an animation which was made by a geologist to show underwater volcanic eruption just off the coast of New Zealand. It has nothing to do with the Indonesian eruption.
The tremor caused by the June 9 Mount Sinabung eruption was felt across social media. So much so that even after 10 days, netizens have been posting videos, claiming them to be of the volcanic eruption in Indonesia.
One such video shows a series of underwater explosions which leads to a huge plume of thick ash, triggering a tsunami. At the end of the video, the beach area across the sea can be seen enveloped with ashes.
Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the video is an animation which was made by a geologist to show underwater volcanic eruption just off the coast of New Zealand. It has nothing to do with the Indonesian eruption.
Socialite Nisha JamVwal posted the video on her Facebook account saying, “Sinabung volcano on sunday at 04:28, recorded by cctv , the screen goes blank -watch until the end. Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra, Indonesia, sent a huge plume of thick ash 7km high into the sky during an eruption on 9 June. Residents living near the volcano were urged to use masks when ash rains down and those living along the rivers upstream were warned of cold lava floods during rains. There were no casualties.” The archived version of the post can be seen here.
